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Super Nintendo/Super Famicom Controller Refurb
Jan Beta refurbishes two Super Famicom controllers, fits replacement silicone pads and compares the regional variants. A separate video on retrobrighting is linked.
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A pad with sticky buttons, a loose thumbstick or one dead direction usually has dirt, worn rubber or a bad joint behind it, and the fault decides the tools. Cleaning and new rubber pads need a screwdriver and a cleaner. Soldering starts when a switch, cable or port has to come off the board.
For screwdriver work, fitting a new N64 thumbstick suits a beginner, and the GameCube pad teardown deals with sticky buttons, with a second part after it. Soldering is part of the Competition Pro rebuild, which fits new micro switches, and of the Dreamcast port repair, where a resistor goes onto the board.
Isopropyl and contact cleaner are flammable, so open a window and keep them from heat. An iron burns, flux gives off fumes and old solder contains lead. A Dreamcast also holds mains voltage, and its supply capacitors keep a charge once unplugged.
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Megadrive Controller Blob Chip Fix?!?
A third-party Mega Drive controller worked perfectly for around four years, then went completely dead, and GadgetUK looks into why.
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What is This GUNK - GameCube Controller Deep Clean
What is the gunk inside this GameCube controller? After a spill left the buttons sticky and the thumbstick gummy, the maker strips it completely for a deep clean.
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Williams Joust Controller PCB Repair Pat1 of 2
Williams Joust controller interface board has faulty player 2 controls, and the video goes through fault-finding steps plus the soldering and desoldering used for the repair, as part 1 of 2.
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Restoring Arcade Joystick for My Original PlayStation - Retro Console Restoration
A 1990s Asciiware arcade joystick for the original PlayStation sticks at times and has gone yellow. It also carries extra switches that simulate repeated button presses.
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Replacing Worn-Out Nintendo 64 Controller Thumbsticks
Why does an N64 controller feel loose? Its thumbstick wears out, and this video fits a replacement stick from Hand Held Legend in its place.
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Restoring Arcade Controller for My Nintendo SNES - Console Restoration
The Asciiware Super Advance arcade controller for the SNES has dead buttons and switches and a little yellowing. The restoration begins with taking it apart, which needs only a standard Phillips screwdriver.
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I Restored This Yellowed Joystick and Play New Games with it - Retro Gaming Restoration
Why does a yellowed QuickShot Python 5 joystick drift to the right? The maker opens it, desolders the wires to part the pieces and sets about restoring it.
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Commodore Amiga A1200 Controller Port Repair / FDD Service / ExpMem Error
An Amiga 1200 owned by William has one joystick direction not working, so GadgetUK164 repairs the controller port, services the floppy drive and cleans an expansion card.
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Extreme Competition Pro Joystick Repair
Jan Beta sets out to rebuild two Competition Pro joysticks smashed into pieces, gluing the case parts, fitting new micro switches and working on the electronics.
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Turbografx-16 - Part 1 - Repairing bad controller plug - Fixing Ebay Junk
A TurboGrafx-16 gives no response from its controller, and the maker traces the fault to a faulty controller plug before getting the console working again.
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Xbox Common Repairs, Capacitor Removal, Belts, & Controller Cable
Three original Xbox consoles get repairs, from capacitor removal and new belts to a mended controller cable, with a warning against prising the case open with a screwdriver.
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Fixing eBay Junk - Colecovision Super Action Controller - Broken Buttons
The ColecoVision Super Action Controller has unreliable trigger buttons, and the maker shows how to open it up and fix them.
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Tearing Down & Cleaning a PC Engine Controller - PI-PD6 Core Grafx Gamepad
A grubby NEC CoreGrafx PI-PD6 gamepad loses its five cross-head screws, then the buttons, rubbers and carbon pads are washed in soapy water, without alcohol, before contact cleaner goes on.
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N64 Controller Pak Battery Replacement
Why has an N64 Controller Pak stopped holding saved games? The video goes through changing its battery, and the maker adds a notice that the work is done at the viewer's own risk.
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Fixing eBay Junk - How To Fix Dead Dreamcast Controller Ports
Dead controller ports on a Sega Dreamcast are the fault, and the maker's remedy is a single 1/4 watt 10 ohm resistor soldered into the console.
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5 Nintendo Famicom Repairs - Part 1 (SRAM - Black Screen)
Two of five Famicoms under repair come first, one with an SRAM fault and one with a power switch problem, alongside a composite AV mod and controller clean-up.
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How to Clean/Refurbish GCN controller, Part 1.
Sticky buttons and drifting sticks on a GameCube controller are the problem here, with the pad taken apart for cleaning. The maker says other game controllers follow the same process.
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How to Clean/Refurbish GCN controller, Part 2.
Part two of the GameCube controller clean and refurbishment, aimed at sticky or unresponsive buttons and drifting, slow or worn analogue sticks.
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How to Repair NES Controller Sticky Buttons
NES controller buttons that stick are the fault here, and the maker links replacement rubber pads, so new pads look to be part of the repair.
